Culture & Employee Experience Program Manager

Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like other digital data — globally, nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments, commerce and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure – including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar – helps businesses, institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.

What you’ll be part of:

Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: Multistakeholder, Mindfulness, Driven by Excellence and High Integrity. Circlers are consistently evolving in a remote world where strength in numbers fuels team success. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

What you'll work on:

• Leading and managing the overarching program and associated projects focused on cultivating an unparalleled employee experience, facilitating the success of global talent, fostering a values-aligned culture, and driving extraordinary results. Develop detailed project plans with clear deliverables, while also supporting change management and communication strategies to ensure the successful adoption of programs and measure their impact.
• Establishing trusted partnerships and collaborating across Talent and with internal stakeholders to drive program alignment and ultimately deliver memorable moments for Circlers throughout the employee lifecycle.
• Providing collaborative leadership, facilitation, and implementation of key initiatives to advance Circle’s culture and engagement strategy through development and implementation of initiatives in talent acquisition and onboarding, performance management, learning and development, rewards and recognition and employee well-being.
• Partnering with relevant stakeholders to support and develop our high performing global organization while ensuring that Circle's values are reflected in people-oriented programs and decisions.
• Enhancing the ongoing development of the company's DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) strategy and providing support in defining long-term priorities and roadmap. Drive the support and engagement of the organizational DEIB initiatives through all levels of the business.
• Supporting the design, administration, and analysis of employee engagement surveys to measure progress, impact, and inform continuous improvement efforts.
• Providing insights and recommendations to refine and implement innovative approaches and solutions to meet evolving needs on culture, employee experience and DEIB.
• Staying current with industry trends and best practices in workplace and employee engagement, while offering distinctive thought leadership on their application and impact within our dynamic industry and remote-first workplace. Proactively integrating relevant insights to enhance strategies and initiatives.
• Sharing and promoting Circle’s brand as a top employer of choice, promoting various distinguished awards and certifications.

You will aspire to our four core values:

• Multistakeholder - you have dedication and commitment to our customers, shareholders, employees and families and local communities.
• Mindful - you seek to be respectful, an active listener and to pay attention to detail.  
• Driven by Excellence - you are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success which means you relentlessly pursue excellence, that you do not tolerate mediocrity and you work intensely to achieve your goals. 
• High Integrity - you seek open and honest communication, and you hold yourself to very high moral and ethical standards.  You reject manipulation, dishonesty and intolerance.

What you’ll bring to Circle: 

• 8+ years of human resources experience including culture and employee experience, DEIB, talent management, organizational development, organizational effectiveness, and learning & development.
• Prior experience creating and delivering organization-wide and scalable successful talent programs will be required, including experience in program design, development, management, measurement and evaluation. Experience with DEIB programs is preferred.
• Proven experience developing trusted relationships at all